A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a North Carolina law banning women from having abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy except in an urgent medical emergency. The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge William Osteen in Greensboro gave state ...

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The district court was correct to strike down a Baltimore ordinance requiring pregnancy centers that do not offer or refer for abortions to disclose that fact via waiting-room signage, the circuit court said. The Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court says North Carolina can issue specialty vehicle license plates that express anti-abortion sentiment while refusing to also produce tags expressing pro-abortion rights views. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Republicans are pressing forward with their proposal to extend the time a pregnant woman must wait before having an abortion in North Carolina. A measure slated for state House debate Thursday would increase the waiting period from ...

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RALEIGH— Abortion-rights groups want the Republican-led legislature to keep its hands off rules proposed by state regulators for how North Carolina abortion clinics must operate. Several Democratic lawmakers plan to join health providers and activists at a Thursday news conference ...

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Stuart v. Camnitz (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-001-15, 37 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 14-1150, Dec. 22, 2014; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Eagles, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit upholds a district court decision striking a North Carolina law requiring physicians ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — North Carolina’s solicitor general on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to revive a state law that would require abortion providers to show and describe an ultrasound of the fetus to the pregnant woman, even if ...

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans are fervently pursuing a batch of doomed bills in Congress because they target a coveted prize in the Nov. 4 elections: female voters. Wednesday’s Senate vote on contraception legislation is the latest example of Democrats’ ...

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The Supreme Court appears likely to strike down a Massachusetts law setting a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics, with liberal and conservative justices alike expressing misgivings about the law in arguments Wednesday.

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The Supreme Court is declining to revive Oklahoma's strict ultrasound law for women seeking abortions.

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